Luther Vandross: Live at Wembley

[audience cheers] Ladies and gentleman, please welcome Luther Vandross!

[audience roars] [audience screams] Now, I got a good idea.

We're gonna start right from the beginning, how 'bout that?

Hey hey hey Oooh eeee Never... Oooh eeee Never... No no I say n-n-n-n-n-n-n-never Check it out.

I can't fool myself I don't want nobody else to ever love me You are my shinin' star, my guiding light, my love fantasy There's not a minute, hour, day or night That I don't love you You're at the top of my list 'Cause I'm always thinkin' of you I still remember in the days when I was scared to touch you How I spent my day dreamin' plannin' how to say I love you You must have known that I had feelings Deep enough to swim in That's when you opened up your heart And you told me to come in Oh, my love A thousand kisses from you is never too much I just don't wanna stop Oh, my love A million days in your arms is never too much I just don't wanna stop Too much, never too much, never too much, never too much Here's what I did.

You see... I woke up today, looked at your picture Just to get me started I called you up, but you weren't there And I was broken hearted Hung up the phone, can't be too late, The boss is so demandin' Opened the door up and to my surprise There you were standin' Well, who needs to go to work to hustle for another dollar I'd rather be with you 'Cause you make my heart scream and holler Love is a gamble and I'm so glad that I'm winnin' We've come a long way and yet this is only the beginnin' Oh, my love Oh, my love ooo-ee baby A thousand kisses from you is never too much Never too much, never too much, never too much No no and I just don't wanna stop Oh, my love Oh, my love ooo-ee baby A million days in your arms is never too much Never too much, never too much, never too much And I just don't wanna stop Oh, my love Oh, my love ooo-ee baby A thousand kisses from you is never Never too much, never too much, never too much And I just don't wanna stop Stop!

Stop stop stop... [cheers and applause] Yeah!

I feel a little blue sometimes Yes I do But I don't worry Here's why.

I speak to myself sometimes, and I say, "Oh my in a lot of ways, you're a lucky guy and Now all you need is a chance to try any love" In my heart there's a need to shout Dyin', screamin', cryin' let me out, hey Are all those feelings that I want to touch any love?

What a world for the lonely guy Sometimes I feel I'm gonna lose my mind, my mind Can anybody tell me just where to find any love, any love?

And oh, everyone needs a love no doubt, any love, any love And oh, everybody feels alone without any love, any love And I know there's a love waiting to enter my life, Come into my life Every day as I live, I try to think positive And I, I pray for someone good to come, any love Ooh, love is sweet and so divine And I can't wait for my love light to shine, to shine Can anybody tell me where I can find any love, any love?

And oh, everyone needs a love no doubt, any love, any love Everybody feels alone without any love, any love And I know there's a love waiting for me To enter my life, come into my life Suddenly out of the clear, blue sky, Lonely tears start to fill my eyes I can weep, but I refuse to cry, I've got to keep holdin' on I've got to be very strong, to keep holdin' on Everyone needs a love no doubt, any love, any love And oh, everybody feels alone without any love, any love And I know, I know, I know, I know now she'll come into my life Into my, into my life One day Everyone needs a love no doubt, any love, any love Everybody feels lonely without any love, any love, And I know I know I know I know She'll come into my life one day So where is love?

I wanna know I wanna know Where is the love?

Any love Any love Any love Can anyone tell me?

Is there any love?

[cheers and applause] All right!

Keep it steady.

We put out a new single, a brand new record and it goes like this... My heart and soul And body too Keep missin' you What am I to do The day's so long And the night's so rough 'Cause it seems like I Can't forget your love It feels just like I'm gonna fall apart And I don't know how I can make it now... So come back You've been gone too long You're on my mind And it's hard to carry on Come back You've been away too long My heart is weak From being strong I thought my sad face Would make you stay And it took me out When you left that day I sit and stare But no one's there In the room outside That we used to share When you're not here It's a quiet place It's a lonely house Just an empty space... You gotta come back You've been gone too long You're all I need And it's hard to carry on Come back You been away too long My heart is weak From being strong Come back You've been gone so long I love you so And I betcha I can show you Come back I got a love so strong I'm missin' you, my baby Ooh I need you back now You gotta come back, gotta come back And I want your love Please come back, please come back I need you back right now You gotta come back, gotta come back And I want your love, my baby Come back You've been gone too long You're on my mind And it's hard to carry on Come back You've been away too long My heart is weak From being strong So come back You've been gone so long I love you so And I betcha I can show you Come back I got a love so strong I'm missin' you, my baby Come back You've been gone too long Ooh ooh ooh Come back You been away too long Ooh ooh ooh Come back!

[cheers and applause] Good evening!

Yes, yes.

Let me take out this minute right here, I want to introduce you to our band leader and conductor.

Our musical director, as they say.

Now, our band is under the direction... Whoooo!

All right!

[laughs] Everyone, this is Nat Adderly Jr.

[applause] All right.

See, Nat and I, for your information, if you read the album covers or read the liner notes or whatever you would know that he and I write a lot of the songs that I do together.

And we're gonna do one for you now that's my favorite.

We're gonna do my favorite one, right?

This is my favorite one.

Everybody enjoy, 'cause I do.

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh Oh Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh What's there to say, there's not much to talk about And whatever happened to all of the love that we vowed Yes, it's true And there's nothing new You can say Give me the reason to want you back Why should I love you again Do you know, tell me how How to forgive and forget Give me the reason to love you now It's been a mighty long time And the love that used to be Ended the day you walked out Never knew I'd ever be Standing alone and outside With no one to love Yeah-eah Ooh-ooh-eah I was secure and so glad there was you to love What in the world would I ever do without us But it's getting clear That I have to get over you Ooh-ooh-eah Give me the reason to want you back Why should I love you again Do you know, tell me how How to forgive and forget Give me the reason to love you now It's been a mighty long time And the love that used to be Ended the day you walked out Never knew I'd ever be Standing alone and outside With no one to love No one, no one to love No one, no one to love No one, no one to love No one, no one to love Eh eh eh eh Ooh-eah-eah Yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah Give me the reason to want you back Why should I love you again Do you know, tell me how How to forgive and forget Give me the reason to love you now It's been a mighty long time And the love that used to be Ended the day you walked out Give me the reason To love you, girl To love you, girl To love you, girl To love you, girl To love you, girl To love you, girl To love you, girl Give me the reason To love you, girl To love you To love you, girl Ooh To love you, girl To love you, girl To love you, girl To love you, girl To love you, girl To love you, girl To love you, girl To love you [cheers and applause] All right!

[cheers and applause] Now, I want to introduce you to the three singers who are singin' with me.

'Cause I love 'em and I know you will, too.

Ava, come on down here, darlin', sweetheart, peach cobbler face.

Now, let me give you a little bit of history here.

See, she and I first met when we were both singin' background.

We were very young, we were both singing background for David Bowie.

Do you remember that, Ava?

Do you remember that?

Young American, young American He wants the young American All right!

[laughs - audience applause] The point is - baby, won't you look at her now?

[cheers and whistles] On another note, see, I'm not, like, nosy or anything.

See, I know they want to know something about what you sound like, you know?

Yeah.

And I happened to be passing by your hotel room this afternoon.

You know, innocently.

Mmm-hmmm.

And as I innocently peeked in through the keyhole... [laughs] Just joking!

[laughter] No, I heard you singing a song that sounds like a song you should put on your album.

You were doing a Motown song that was outta sight!

Which one was that?

It was the one that goes... Bet you're wonderin' how I knew That's the one!

Baby, baby, baby, 'bout you're plans to make me blue With some other girl that you knew before Between the two of us girls You know I love you more It took me by surprise I must say, When I found out yesterday Don't you know that... I heard it through the grapevine Oh I heard it through the grapevine, Not much longer would you be mine Not much longer would you be mine You know I heard it through the grapevine Oh I heard it through the grapevine And I'm just about, just about, just about To lose my mind Oh yes I am Oh yes I am Oh yes I am Oh yes I am Baby won't you listen to me Hey yeah... Ava Cherry!

Whoo!!

[cheers and applause] Good luck with the album!

And if it's a big hit I want you to lend me some money.

Okay!

But anyway... [laughter] Now, he is, let me move back... [audience cheers] He is the lead singer of the group 'Ray, Goodman and Brown.'

Yes he is.

We want to take you to this song, I love this song, Kevin.

I found love on a two-way street Show us now... And lost it on a lonely highway Love on a two-way street Shoo bop shoo bop doo wahhh And lost it on a lonely Highway Yes, everybody, this is Kevin Owens!

[cheers and applause] They love you, Kevin.

We do, too.

Kevin is something, he is so nice.

I mean he's generous, he's not... I have to take out a second to tell you this 'cause we really appreciate this from the bottom of our hearts.

Yesterday afternoon, Kevin... we had the day off and Kevin invited all of us over to his room.

There were 15 of us, all 15 of us, he invited us to his room for dinner.

Yeah, wasn't that nice?

He's cheap, though, cheap.

Oh yeah, cheap.

Very cheap.

Cheap.

Oh yeah, no, you know what I'm... Listen, there were 15 of us, right?

He had four lamb chops for 15 people.

[laughter] Cheap, that's all!

That's wrong, that's wrong!

Four lamb chops for 15 people.

Of course, I enjoyed the three I had.

[laughter] [applause] Come on down, darlin' sweetheart.

I want y'all to meet Lisa Fisher.

[cheers and applause] Let me tell you, we met when we were both in the same group.

Do you remember a group called 'Change'?

Y'all remember 'Change'?

[cheers and applause] Yeah, well we were both in 'Change' together... Wait, let's see if Nat remembers 'Change', he doesn't remember.

Nat, do you remember anything from 'Change'?

Do you really?

[opening chords for 'Searching'] Hey hey hey Ooh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Sounds good to me!

Aunty Em!

Toto!

My goodness!

Hit the town in the cold of the night Looking 'round for the warmth of the light There was fog on the road So I guess no one saw me arriving I was tired and awake for some time Then my lights hit a welcoming sign It said if you're alone You can make this your home If you want to, yeah, I was Searching, searching For so long Searching Sho'nuff baby Searching, searching Searching Coffee glass that had fell from my hand Like a child couldn't quite understand What was I doin' there Far away from nowhere, on my own I was tired and awake for some time Then my lights hit a welcoming sign It said if you're alone You can make this your home If you want to, and she said She said stop, stop, stop Get out your heart Haven't got a lot But play the part Mister, stop, stop, stop Get out your heart What I've got's hot stuff The night is ours Ladies and gentlemen, on percussion, playing his behind off, Steve Kroon.

[applause] Ah, yes.

You got it!

Work!

Yeah...work!

Gimme some more Gimme some more Work!

Yeah!

Oooh...yeah... Work!

Keep on it Keep on it Work!

Keep on it Keep on it Work!

Hit the town in the cold of the night Thank you!

Looking around for the warmth of the light There was fog on the road So I guess no one saw me arriving I was tired been awake for some time Then my lights hit a welcoming sign It said if you're alone you can make this your home If you want to... She said... Stop, stop, stop Get out your heart I haven't got a lot But play the part Yeah... Stop, stop, stop get out your heart What I've got's hot...stop The night is ours She said stop, stop, stop [cheers and applause] Alright, now, first place, we haven't even said hello yet.

How's everybody doin'?

[cheering] Now, I wanted to tell ya, I want to let you in on something, you see, because backstage, we were having a conversation about what kind of show to bring all of you.

These are results of polls, so we took a vote.

Now, they said, they voted that I should try to get you all to jump up and down and scream and shout, and have a party, and all that.

You like that, right?

Good.

See, I agree, I agree, however, first though, I think we ought to get through those serious love songs.

Yes, I even like the sound of it.

Love...songs.

Oh...oh...oh... [crowd cheering] Oh...oh...oh... [crowd cheering] Yeah...no, no, no, no no, no, no, no Oooh, ooh, yeah... The story goes... Oooh, ooh... Yeah... Doo, doo, doo... Whoa...no, no, no Yeah... A chair is still a chair Even when there's no one sittin' there But a chair is not a house And a house is not a home When there's no one there to hold you tight And no one there you can kiss... Goodnight Whoa...no, no, no A room is still a room Even when there's nothin' there but gloom But a room is not a house And a house is not a home When the two of us We are far apart And one of us has a broken heart Now and then I call your name And suddenly your face appears But it's just a crazy game When it ends... It ends with tears Pretty little darling, have a heart Don't let one mistake keep us apart I was wrong and I know it Forgive me, darling 'Cause I'm not meant to live alone Turn this house into a home When I climb the stairs When turn the key Oh, please be there Sayin' that you're still in love with me, ooh I'm not meant to live alone Turn this house into a home When I climb the stairs and turn the key Oh baby, please be there And still... Love, love... I said... Still...in...love L-l-love...yeah Please be...Still in love With...me... [applause] Are you gonna be in love with me?

I want you and need you to be, yeah Still in love with me Say you're gonna be in love with only me It's drivin' me crazy to think that my baby Wouldn't be still in love with me And I just can't believe that She is never, never ever gonna be... Say you're gonna be Say that you're gonna be Still in love... With...me Yeah...with me Whoa...no... Be still in love with... Me... Yeah...yeah...yeah [cheers and applause] Yeah... Now, Lu, I got the menu all ready, honey.

I got baked chicken and dressing for you.

Talk to me!

Collard greens and sweet potato pie.

Ooh!

Talk!

But I know, I know somewhere up there you really love those baby backs.

Love 'em, baby!

Here we go!

Ooh!

To the right, come on.

That's right, keep up, to the left, follow me.

Just like I taught ya.

I was hanging with some friends of mine We were all having a real good time, yeah I saw a girl who was so very fine I started waving my hands, my arms, my head Got the nerve found the words to say But to my surprise she was passing I mean, it was strange 'cause she just walked away She won't talk to me She won't talk to me I get nervous with a fever Body heat, could never quit I'm in heaven when I see her Won't you talk a little bit?

What ya gonna do?

You can't sit there all night all by yourself I just wanna talk to you And nobody else, yeah I just wanna tell her, that's all She's the girl of my fantasies How we meet in my dreams every night it seems And how love can be I wanna love you It's not every day you see the one That your heart's been nightly dreaming of There's that look in her eyes So I don't know why She won't talk to me She won't talk to me She pretends she doesn't see me Leaves me standing in the rain 'Cause I know she wants to meet me She's just playing silly games What ya gonna do?

Wanna show you a love that you gotta see I just wanna talk to you But you won't talk to me And ooh... I'm telling everyone I'm not dreaming anymore 'Cause I know she won't talk to me now And at least she can't say no And I'm going crazy Yes, I am Trying to make her notice me I go up, I get down I turn all around She won't talk to me She won't talk to me I said, hey there baby Here she comes now Check it out Hey there, girl I said... Hey there, baby She won't talk to me She won't talk to me What should I do?

Hey there, baby I'll try a little bit of this Hey there, girl Hey girl!

Hey there, baby She won't talk to me She won't talk to me What should I do?

Hey girl, check it out.

She won't talk to me She won't talk to me Yeah, baby, let's take a look Come on, one look Hey there, girl Hey there, baby She won't talk to me She won't talk to me You know what?

I think we're gonna have to use the big move.

The big one?

The big one.

[cheers and applause] Is that big enough for ya?

Well, there's more where that came from.

Va-va-va voom!

[cheering] What do you have to say?

Va-va-va-va voom-voom!

Bet I knock you out.

They made me mad now.

As a matter of fact, Va-va-va voom-voom-voom-voom!

Voom, voom, voom, voom... [crowd cheering] Hold this.

Luther, wait a minute, man.

[drum roll] [high-pitched voice] Never mind.

[laughter] Stop!

Stop!

Hey...alright Ooh, ooh, ooh... Lately love keeping me awake at night Tossing and turning, my love Wanna kiss Wanna hold you so tight Oooh, but I wonder, love Whether you know or not When you just hurry away Leaving me laying there in shock I just wanna be the one that you wanna see I just wanna have you near me But you fly away almost every day You work a lot and never stop to love Stop!

I love you, stop!

Stop!

Come home from the road Gotta stop to love And let's celebrate Celebrate!

The love we got Stop!

Say you're coming home Oh...Gotta stop to love Yeah, you say my love has always been on your mind But how can I ever love you When you keep working overtime?

Too many empty nights Can make almost any guy roam To look for the love he don't get Whenever he's alone at home Awaiting the day that you are coming to stay I hate to see you go away But you couldn't rest Had to be the best To reach the top but you did not stop to love Stop!

I love you, stop!

Stop!

Come home from the road Oh...Gotta stop to love And let's celebrate Celebrate!

The love we got Stop!

Say you're coming home Gotta stop to love Yeah... And one day you'll discover I'm the one who loves ya Gotta stop to love I love you, I love you I love you No one loves you better Can't you stay forever?

Stop to love Stop to love... I can hardly stand the loneliness Come on, stay 'Cause that's what it's all about You really turn me out I love you, stop!

Stop!

Gotta stop Stop!

Come home from the road Oh...Gotta stop to love Yeah, and let's celebrate Celebrate!

The love we got Stop!

Say you're coming home Gotta stop to love I love you, stop!

Stop!

I still love you, stop!

Stop!

Come home from the road Gotta stop to love Yeah, and let's celebrate Celebrate!

All the love we got Stop!

Say you're coming home Oh...Gotta stop to love I love you Stop!

[cheers and applause] Ah-na-na La-la-la la-la-la... Ooh!

La-la-la-la... Na-na-na-na... Come on, celebrate Celebrate!

Celebrate!

Let's celebrate Celebrate And let's celebrate Celebrate!

Celebrate!

Celebrate!

Celebrate!

Celebrate!

And let's ooh... Celebrate!

Celebrate!

And let's ooh... Celebrate!

Celebrate!

And let's ooh... Celebrate!

Celebrate!

And let's ooh... ooh-ooh-ooh Celebrate!

And let's ooh... ooh-ooh-ooh Celebrate!

The love that we got Stop!

Come home from the road Gotta stop to love I love you, stop!

Stop!

I still love ya Stop!

Stop!

Stop!

Stop!

Say you're coming home Oh...gotta stop to love I love you...stop!

[cheers and applause] Good night, everybody!

We love ya!

Don't stop!